A collection of the best Irish drinking songs, including traditional pub anthems, folk classics, and lively singalong ...

Check out some of our favourite Irish releases from the past week below Award-winning Irish singer Méav has released her single, Near, co-written with Stephen Rennicks. The song serves as part of her ...

“She was keeping a Spanish tradition of music alive, which in a spiritual way felt akin to what we’ve tried to do with Irish music,” says the band’s Carlos O’Connell ...

In 1995, The Rolling Stones teamed up with The Chieftains, a traditional Irish folk band from Dublin, to cover “Rocky Road to Dublin” on the album Long Black Veil. The song, which is originally from ...

The Irish folk singer, Christy Moore released this song in 1991 alongside an album of the same name. On his website he describes it as a "terrible title, strange album, sounds like I’m in a hurry, was ...

It turns out the Irish songs you listen to could have a big impact on how good your Guinness tastes. Researchers have revealed the music that will make your beer taste sweet, sour or bitter. “Certain ...

Shakespeare’s Sonnet 18 and an Irish song tradition inspired Paul McCartney on The Beatles‘ “I Saw Her Standing There.” Paul used many of his literary and musical favorites in his songs. In The Lyrics ...

Paul McCartney released “Give Ireland Back To The Irish” as Wings’ debut single in February 1972, influenced by the Bogside Massacre—aka Bloody Sunday—that occurred a month before. The song was banned ...

Moloney recorded or produced more than 70 albums of Irish music and is credited with bringing traditional Irish music to a wider audience. He died July 27. Originally broadcast in 2006 and 2009. This ...